(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 29 cities or counties in 9 provinces. In this report, 33 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 34 practitioners were illegally arrested.

Mr. Zhao Shoujin and his wife from Changtu County have been unlawfully held for over four months. Their case has been rejected by the Procuratorate several times. However, Liu Jianxin, head of the Domestic Security Division of the Changtu County Police Department, and other officials are still pursuing persecution. They have submitted the compiled documents to the procuratorate again in an attempt to frame the couple.

On April 18, 2001, Mr. Zhao Xun was taken into custody by officers from the Yichang City 610 Office, the Domestic Security Division, and the Gulou Police Station in Xiling District. He was unlawfully sentenced to eight years in prison. He was subsequently taken to some coal mines affiliated with the Fanjiatai Prison in the Shayang area ofHubei Province for hard labor. In the prison, he was brutally tortured by prison guards for his steadfast belief and refusal to give in.

In September 2002, after several months of inhuman treatment in the Strict Supervision Division in the No. 4 Ward of the Fanjiatai Prison, Mr. Zhao was forced to stack hot bricks just out of a kiln while at the coal mines. Recently, his eight-year prison term ended. He has remained steadfast in his belief. Members of the Hubei Province 610 Office took him to a brainwashing center in Wuhan City.

Wu Changqing, director of the Gulou Police Station: 86-717-6777944 (Office), 86-717-6364105 (Home), 86-13908609748 (Cell)
Guang Zhaolin, director of the Hubei Province 610 Office: 86-27-87233234, 86-27-87233496 (Office), 86-27-87234738 (Home)
Li Zhonglin, director of the 610 Office of the Yichang City Party Committee: 86-717-6252985

On the afternoon of April 13, a dozen police officers from the Yunhe Police Department in Cangzhou City broke into Ms. Liu Guilan's home at the Cangzhou City Teacher's College. The officers confiscated a computer, a printer, a DVD burner and copies of Falun Dafa printouts. They forcibly took Ms. Liu to the Yunhe Police Department. She was transferred to the Cangzhou City Detention Center.

Liu, person in charge of the persecution: 86-13833716089 (Cell)
Dong Tiemin, head of the Domestic Security Division of the Yunhe Police Department: 86-13903278369 (Cell)

Prior to the Beijing Olympic Games in August 2008, Ms. Xue Weiwei and her husband Mr. Jia Shouxin were taken by the local police to an undisclosed facility. The two practitioners' whereabouts remain unknown.

On the morning of March 10, 2009, Ms. Liu Yusheng was taken into custody by Xiang Hongping and other officers from the Wendeng Domestic Security Division. After being held at the Wendeng Detention Center for a month, she was transferred to a brainwashing center at the Jinan Legal Training Center on April 10. After intense abuse, Ms. Liu suffered a mental breakdown.

Liu Junbo, Party secretary at Dazetou in Songcun Town: 86-13001653479 (Cell)
Sun (surname), Jinan Legal Training Center: 86-531-83702016

Ms. Jiang Yumei, a farmer who completed high school in Shibei Village, Xinbin County, Fushun City, was taken into custody by officers from the Xinbin Town Police Station at around 7:00 a.m. on April 14. She was immediately taken to the Luotaishanzhuang Brainwashing Center.

Office of director of the Xinbin Town Police Station: 86-413-5024891

Ms. Xu Shujia and her husband Mr. Yin Xunzhen of the Fangzheng Forestry Department in Heilongjiang Province went to visit their daughter in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. They were taken into custody. Their daughter and son-in-law, who are not practitioners, were also taken into custody. The police confiscated a computer.

Mr. Du Shiquan, an elderly practitioner from downtown Liangping County, Chongqing, was taken into custody by Wang Zhuwen and a group of state security officers from the county. He was taken to the county detention center. The police searched his home.

Ms. Zhao Suyun, 70, at Chenggang Company Limited in Chegnde City, was taken into police custody at the Guoshan Residential Community at the Chenggang Company on the evening of April 14, 2009. She is being held at the Luanyang Police Station. Ms. Zhao had been unlawfully taken into custody three times prior to this for handing out leaflets with persecution facts.

Li Fenglin, head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-13730146986 (Cell), 86-314-4074592, 86-314-4081910
Bao Kecheng, director of the Luanyang Police Station: 86-13832431216 (Cell)

On March 26, Attorney Xie Zhongkai met with Ms. Tang Lijuan, who was unlawfully being held at the Futian Detention Center. He then presented a written application to the Shenzhen Intermediate Court for an open court session. On April 1, the Shenzhen Intermediate Court hurriedly sustained the original three-and-a-half-year sentence. The attorney was not notified until April 6.

Wang Hui, presiding judge: 86-755-22152766
Chen Lipeng, juror: 86-755-22152770
Chen Haiyan, secretary: 86-755-22152639

On April 11, Ms. Huang Hua in the Sangang area in Nong'an County, and her husband and their child, who are not practitioners, were taken into custody in the family store they operate by officers from the Nong'an County Police Department. At the same time, some other practitioners whose names were not known were also taken into custody by the Nong'an County police.

Mr. Liu Guoxin, 65, and his wife Ms. Li Shuqin, 58, are from the Niuxintai area in Benxi City. In June 2000, Mr. Liu was taken into custody by officers from the Niuxintai Police Station without cause. He was held at the Caibei Detention Center for a month before being sentenced to one year of forced labor and taken to the Weiningying Forced Labor Camp. When Mr. Liu was undergoing abuse, his wife, Ms. Li Shuqin, suffered mental and physical pressure. She developed serious physical symptoms similar to those of a stroke and became unable to take care of herself. She felt dizzy and was not able to walk. She had to be taken care of by her husband. In February 2003, Mr. Liu took his wife to the hospital for treatment. On April 5, 2003, Yan Weicheng, political head of the Niuxintai Police Station, and other officers broke into their home. The police took Mr. Liu into custody again and unlawfully sentenced him to three years of forced labor. Ms. Li could not take the harassment and shock and suffered a mental breakdown. By the end of 2003, she had lost eyesight in both eyes, she could not think clearly, and acted abnormally all of the time.

Ms. Hu Aiyun, born in 1965, was taken into custody on June 21, 2003. She was harshly sentenced to 11 years in prison. On May 12, 2004, she was taken to the Heilongjiang Women's Prison. The prison authorities have often used various excuses to deny her family the right to visit her during the past five years. Since May 2008, the authorities have prevented her family from visiting her. Ms. Hu has been on a hunger strike for over a year. She has been force-fed during this period of time. It has been reported that her life was in imminent danger. She was rushed to a hospital and it is not clear if she is currently out of danger.

Mr. Mo Anqi, Mr. Zheng Wei, Mr. Dong Jianquan, Mr. Gu Lijun and Mr. Zheng Chunshan are being held at the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp. Mr. Mo became handicapped due to beatings by labor camp guards.

On the evening of April 10, Mr. Lu Tonggang and his mother were taken into custody by officers from the Ningcheng County Police Department. The police also searched their home in Daming Town, Chifeng City. The police confiscated a computer and other personal property. The two practitioners are being held at the Ningcheng County Supervision Division.

Wang Wenqing, police department chief: 86-13804769360 (Cell), 86-476-4229008
Zhang Wenkai, deputy chief of the police department: 86-15304760999 (Cell), 86-476-4227908
Zhai Xiangyang, head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-13804769168 (Cell), 86-476-4221668

At around 7:30 p.m. on April 12, about 20 police officers, led by Yao Xinmeng, head of the Ji'an City Domestic Security Division, broke into Mr. Dong Yanfa's home in Ji'an City. The police took a computer and a notebook with computer-related information. A female practitioner with the surname Yao was also taken into custody with Mr. Dong. On April 13, Ms. Li Wenqing was taken into custody. A few days earlier, a practitioner with the surname Shao was taken into police custody.

Yao Xinmeng, head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-13844539588 (Cell)

On the afternoon of February 21, 2009, practitioners Ms. Liu Qiong, Mr. Gong Guanghua, Mr. Yu Chuanxin and Ms. Yan Yongxiu, from Xinchang Town, Shishou City, were turned in to the police while handing out printouts with persecution facts in Dayuan Town. Local police officers took them to the Shishou City Detention Center. On March 8, Mr. Gong and Mr. Yu were released. Ms. Liu and Ms. Yan refused to reveal the source of the printouts. They remained in custody. On March 19, the two practitioners went on a hunger strike and on April 4, Ms. Yan was released.

Ms. Liu stayed on the hunger strike for 18 days. On April 11, the police issued an arrest warrant. Ms. Liu refused to sign the warrant.

Zhu Huaping, head of the Xinchang Town 610 Office in Shishou City: 86-13797300929 (Cell)
Liu Hu, head of the Shishou City 610 Office: 86-13986731999 (Cell)
Xu Min, director of the Dayuan Town Police Station: 86-13507215188 (Cell)

At around 7:00 p.m. on April 8, 2009, Ms. Liu Xiujin, who lives at Room 1-2-202 No. 38 Guotai Street, went to visit Mr. An Gang, who lives in the same building. She ran into police officers from the Xinhua Police Department who were searching Mr. An's home and was taken into custody. Mr. An had just managed to escape. The police then searched Ms. Liu's home. Meanwhile, Mr. Wang Shucun, who lives at 3-4-503 No. 12 North Xierhuan Road, came to visit Ms. Liu. He was taken into police custody. On April 9, the police were searching Mr. Wang's home. Ms. Cui Chun'ai happened to walk in to visit him. She was taken into custody. The three practitioners are being held at the No. 2 Detention Center. At 2:00 p.m. on April 10, Ms. Wang Xiufen, who lives in Nanjianlian Dormitory, and another practitioner went to visit Ms. Cui. They were taken into custody by officers who were searching Ms. Cui's home.

Ms. Wang Cuimin returned home on April 8, after being released from the Jidong Prison. She has been terminated by her work unit.

Ms. Wang Xueling, who lives in the Zhengzhuangzi area in Hedong District, Tianjin, was taken into custody in spring 2008. In January 2009, the police took her husband, Mr. Ma Hongzhi, into custody and held him at the Hedong Police Department.

On the afternoon of April 13, Mr. Bai Qunlin was turned in to the police while handing out printouts in the Haitangxi area in Nan'an District. He was taken to the Haitangxi Police Station.

Mr. Yin Xunzhen, who works at the Fangzheng Forestry Department in Heilongjiang Province, and his wife, Ms. Xu Shujie, were taken into custody at the home of their daughter, Yin Qi, in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. Ms. Yin and her husband were also taken into custody. Ms. Xu and her daughter are being held at the Zhuhai City No. 2 Detention Center. Mr. Yin and his son-in-law are being held at the Doumen No. 3 Detention Center in Zhuhai City.

Cui Huaitian, chief of Hanting District Police Department: 86-15905360909 (Cell)
Yan Fengshan, head of Hanting District Domestic Security Division: 86-13953668177 (Cell)

Ms. Ren Guixia, from Jincheng Town in Linghai City, is on the verge of death. She is being held at the hospital in the Liaoning Women's Prison.

In March 2009, her daughter went to visit her at the prison. Ms. Ren was in poor condition and passed out while meeting with her daughter and was then carried to the prison hospital on a stretcher.

On April 14, 2009, when Ms. Ren's younger sister went to visit her at the prison, prison guards rejected the sister's request on the grounds that Ms. Ren's condition was so poor that her life could be in danger if the meeting took place. Under the demands of the sister, the guards reluctantly agreed to the meeting. Ms. Ren was in an extremely weak condition and needed to be supported by two people. Her blood pressure was over 200, and her former heart disease (mitral stenosis) had recurred.

Ms. Li Yunxia lives in Linquan Village, Shanbei Township, Yi County. She was taken from her home by officers from the Xishanbei Airport Police Station. On January 18, 2009, the Domestic Security Division of the Yi County Police Department took her to the Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labor Camp. Labor camp officials have denied her family the right to visit her because she refused to give up her belief.

Tian Guojun, head of the Domestic Security Division of the Yi County Police Department: 86-13832205568 (Cell)
Liang Xiaoliu, director of the Xishanbei Airport Police Station in Yi County: 86-13932211968 (Cell)
Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labor Camp: 86-311-83939600

Ms. Chou Sihui was taken into police custody on August 20, 2008. She was brutally tortured for 72 hours non-stop. Ms. Chou had a steel plate surgically inserted to alleviate back problems. The steel plate supporting her back became bent. This bent steel plate now presses on her central nervous system. Her entire body has become paralyzed and she cannot take care of herself. She cannot urinate or defecate without strong pressure being placed on her bowels and bladder. Ms. Chou has been held at the Anshan City No. 1 Detention Center for over half a year. Her life is in imminent danger.

Her husband, Mr. Liu Qiang, was taken into custody along with her and they are being held at the Dalian Prison. Their daughter is not yet 10 years old and cries every day because she misses her mother.

Shen Bin, director of the Anshan City 610 Office: 86-412-2210079, 86-412-5533651, 86-13804129966 (Cell)
Jin Jun, chief of the Tiexi Police Department in Anshan City: 86-412-8842582
Wang Wenshun, director of the Anshan No. 1 Detention Center: 86-412-2961633

Officers from the Yijiadun Street Police Station and officials of the Chenjiadun Residential Community Office in Qiaokou District, Wuhan City repeatedly broke into the home of a practitioner with the surname Wu. The police confiscated a portrait of the founder of Falun Gong, amulets, and Falun Dafa printouts.

In recent years, officers of the police station and officials of the residential committee have engaged in two cases of capturing practitioners. It has been reported that they have spent 40 yuan per day paying people to keep an eye on practitioners.

Yijiadun Street Police Station in Qiaokou District, Wuhan City: 86-27-83864868
Chenjiadun Residential Committee on Yijiadun Street: 86-27-83305800, 86-27-83843871

On the afternoon of April 27, Mr. Wang Jin is to face an unlawful trial at the Futian District Court in Shenzhen City. Mr. Wang lives at Room 703, Building 6, Liuxianju Residential Community in the Xili area, Shenzhen City.

At around 8:00 p.m. on April 12, 2009, Mr. Yang Wenyao, from Huangchuan County in Henan Province, was taken into custody by a group of police officers while he was giving out DVDs in a plaza in the Gaowang area in Zijin County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. Mr. Yang is being held at the Zijin County Detention Center.

On the evening of April 12, 2009, over 20 police officers from the Yanhu District Police Department in Yucheng City and the Shangwang Police Station in Yanhu District broke into Ms. Linghu Hongxia's home in Chuhou Township, Linyi County, Yuncheng City. When Ms. Linghu's family refused to open the door, officers smashed the windows. Ms. Linghu has been under severe persecution in recent years. She is homeless and stays away from her hometown.

On the afternoon of April 11, Ms. Fang Changhui from the Shahe area in Laizhou City went to the Donglangzibu area in Laizhou City to tell others about the persecution. She was turned in to the police and taken into custody. She is being held at the Laizhou City Detention Center.

By April 15, 2009, Ms. Zhou Jinghua from Shijiazhuang City had been held in police custody for a year. She has undergone various forms of torture. She remains in custody at the Shijiazhuang City No. 2 Detention Center.

At around noon on April 13, Ms. Fan Qingqing was taken into custody by the Hanting District Domestic Security Division while she was working at the Hailong Company Limited in Shandong Province. Ms. Fan is being held at the Weifang Detention Center.

The police failed to catch her on two earlier occasions. In early December 2008, she eluded the police and did so again a second time on February 28, 2009.

At around 4:00 p.m. on April 14, Ms. Zhu Yongfeng from Jiujiang City was persuading customers at the restaurant where she works to quit the Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. One of the customers turned out to be a police officer in Jiujiang City. Ms. Zhu was immediately taken into custody.

At around 4:00 p.m. on February 17, 2009, a group of officers from the Dingzhou City Police Department and the Nancheng Police Station unlawfully took Mr. Yang Yongzai into custody. The police searched his home. Mr. Yang was unlawfully sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor a few days ago. He has been taken to the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp.

Ma Tiezhu, head of the Domestic Security Division at the Dingzhou City Police Department: 86-312-2333016, 86-312-2322202, 86-13333129197 (Cell)
Lu Jianjun, director of the Nancheng Police Station in Dingzhou City: 86-312-2377228, 86-312-2582109, 86-13930856087 (Cell)

Ms. Zeng Shuizhi, a student in Neijiang City, and her friend with the surname Chen, were distributing printouts in a school in the Wujiapu area in Rongchang County. They were taken into custody by school security guards and the local police.

April 16, 2009